Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, interactive virtual side event on the Generation Equality Forum: The road to Mexico, Paris and beyond Date: Monday, March 22, 2021   [As delivered] Thank you so much for...

    Sexual health Sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries. Sexual health, when viewed affirmatively, requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and...

It has long been said that crises define leaders, and COVID certainly qualifies. The past year has demanded leaders embrace traits not always associated with high offices and boardrooms: empathy, listening, creative collaboration, and authentic engagement with employees. These qualities are overwhelmingly associated with women. The pandemic has presented us with a real-time experiment in...

As we begin to experience a downward curve in the second wave in most countries in the region – coupled with increased access to vaccines – there is a need to rethink how we will engage with, plan and budget towards interventions aimed at economic and social recovery in ways that advance gender equality and...

New York, 15 March — The 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), the UN’s largest gathering on gender equality and women’s rights, opens today as an almost entirely virtual session, with the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the foreground, and preparing the ground for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum, which...

Factors that contribute to adolescent pregnancies  Adolescent pregnancies are a global problem occurring in high-middle-and low-income countries  Around the world, however, adolescent pregnancies are more likely to occur in marginalized communities.  It is commonly driven by poverty and lack of education and employment opportunities  In many societies, girls are under pressure...

Dr. Esther Priscila Biamah-Danquah, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Director has disclosed that the Municipality witnessed 69 cases of teenage pregnancies in 2020. “I know last year we recorded about 69 cases of teenage pregnancies and this is alarming, even one case calls for an action,” Dr Biamah-Danquah stated at Kpone near Tema during the launch...

Women, Media and Change (WOMEC) held a leadership forum for students of the Accra Girls’ Senior High School in the Greater Accra region to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD). The forum took place under a sub-theme “amplifying the voices of girls for change.” The IWD is celebrated on March 8 every year and...

Dr. Charity Binka, Executive Director of Women in Media and Change (WOMEC), says women are resourceful in the face of adversity and can contribute to make the world a better place to live in when given the opportunity. She said there were a number of women in the country and the world had attained higher...

    Providing solutions for pre-term pregnancy issues More than three quarters of premature babies can be saved with feasible, cost-effective care, such as essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby. There must be provision of antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour...